Marble Mountain Rock collecting area Uploaded By Scott (webmaster) Uploaded on Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at 04:04:07 PM Viewed 9548 times |
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Details: Here is the posting from the California Bureau of Land Management website (please visit the website for rules on collecting): "In addition to many Trilobite fossils found here, this rock collecting area yields green epidote, dolomite, chrysocolla, chalcedony, serpentine, marble, garnet and specular hematite, iron and kenatite, chalcedony crystals, geodes and gold. You can access this site by taking one of the many dirt roads that lead into the area from Route 66 in and around the town of Chambless."
Directions: You can access this site by taking one of the many dirt roads that lead into the area from Route 66 in and around the town of Chambless
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GPS Coordinates (lat,long): ( 34°32'18.41"N, 115°28'28.98"W)
or (34.538447, -115.474716)
Google Map: (The GPS marker is intended to be approximate or best guess.)
Tags: needles field office california marble mountain chambless route 66 trilobite fossils green epidote dolomite chrysocolla chalcedony serpentine marble garnet specular hematite iron kenatite chalcedony crystals geodes gold
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